Bibliographic coupling

The term bibliographic coupling comes from the field of bibliometrics and, in addition to simple direct quotation ( citation ) and co-citation, designates one of the three possibilities for the connection of scientific publications.

A bibliographical link between two publications exists if they cite a third, previously published work together, i.e. both cite this work in their bibliography. The method of bibliographic coupling was introduced into bibliometrics in 1963 by the American MM Kessler (1917–1997) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

In contrast to cozitation , in which close relationships between “older” publications can be inferred, with the help of bibliographical coupling, relationships between recently published works are established.

literature

• MM Kessler: Bibliographic coupling between scientific papers . In: American Documentation . tape 14 , no. 1 , 1963, p. 10-25 , doi : 10.1002 / asi.5090140103 .
• M. Kessler: An experimental study of bibliographic coupling between technical papers . In: IEEE Transactions on Information on Information Theory . tape 9 , no. 1 , 1963, p. 49-51 , doi : 10.1109 / TIT.1963.1057800 .
• W. Glänzel , HJ Czerwon: A new methodological approach to bibliographic coupling and its application to the national, regional and institutional level . In: Scientometrics . tape 37 , no. 2 , 1996, p. 195-221 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02093621 .